Day in photos: August 7, 2012

A man clings onto a pole of a basketball court as he tries to cross a flooded area in Quezon City, Philippines.

AP

A model walks the runway at the Sailex show during the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive in Mumbai, India.

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People pack onto a beach in Dalian, Liaoning Province of China.

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A Congolese man transports a diesel generator using a chikudu, which is a cross between a bike and a scooter made of wood.

AP

Fishermen fasten ships to a dock in preparation for Typhoon Haikui in Xiangshan, China. It is the third typhoon hitting China in a week.

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Pakistanis buy food to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan.

AP

A man slides down a hill after a rare snowfall in Johannesburg, South Africa. Temperatures dropped below freezing Tuesday morning as snow flurries blew through South Africa’s commercial hub, dusting the city in white as residents poured into the streets to watch the snowflakes fall.

AP

A sculpture of a man made of iron and fiberglass by British artist Antony Gormley stands on a rooftop overlooking Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay.

Reuters

An activist affiliated with the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) vandalizes a motorbike as he takes part in a general strike demanding the immediate resignation of Nepal’s Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai.

Reuters

Firefighters douse a blaze at the Chevron oil refinery in in Richmond, Calif. A fire struck the core of the refinery Monday evening, sending flames and a column of smoke into the air and prompting authorities to order nearby residents indoors.

Reuters

Vehicular traffic is stranded as water flows over roads in Harda, India.

EPA

Vic Cassin sweeps ash from a car in Rangipo, New Zealand after Mount Tongariro erupted for the first time in more than a century, sending out an ash cloud that is causing road closures and the cancellation of some domestic flights.

AP

Egyptian Army honor guards carry the coffins of 16 soldiers killed in an attack over the weekend by suspected militants in Sinai.

AP

A seagull passes a girl preparing to swim in the Black Sea village of Zatoka, near Odessa, Ukraine.

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In this combination of three photos, a man falls to his death from the roof of a residential building, in front of his girlfriend after a quarrel broke out between them in Harbin in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province.